I swear that we need a secret camera in our house, we could easily make a comedy show from just following our daily routines... Natalie has been doing great without a pacifier, she falls asleep without much fuss, sleeps through the night and the only thing that has changed is that she is waking up earlier now! So, this whole past week she has been waking up at 6:30am, which is different from when I used to wake her up at 7:30am, that extra hour of sleep is very important for this pregnant lady, but I can deal. However, today she woke up at 5:55am and I just decided that I wasn't going to give in to any earlier wake-up call than 6:30am so I let her fuss/cry in the crib for a little bit. By 6:01am she was quiet and I assume went back to sleep. I got up at 7am to get ready for work and at 7:10 I heard her cry so I figured I would go and get her. Well, I walked into her room and once she saw me she got so upset, she threw a fit, threw herself backwards, started arching her back and kicking her feet. I just stood there looking at her for a few minutes and when I realized that the show wasn't coming to an end I picked her up and tried changing her diaper. Keep in mind that my child turns into an octopus and all of a sudden develops the strength of a bear when I try to do something she doesn't want me to (such as change her diaper, put her coat on, put her in the car seat, every day it's a different thing and the range is quite wide). I was successful at taking her pajama pants and taking off her wet diaper, but there was no way I could put another diaper on her, so I just gave up and picked her up. Normally I hold her right under her bum, which I did but she was so wiggly and I had some other things to carry downstairs in my other hand, that quickly she slid down my side and I ended up carrying her with my hand right under her arm pits and her barely hanging on. So, there we were a kid who is dangling on my side with a naked bum, my with my pregnant belly going down the stairs...surprisingly me carrying her like that seemed amusing to her, she quit fussing and started giggling...seriously, the kid is unpredictable. I gave Nessie a slice of cheese and then was able to put a clean diaper on her and get her dressed for the day. Good thing she had cheese as otherwise it would have been another tantrum, food usually makes her happy though :)
We then proceeded to have a nice breakfast (oatmeal, apple sauce and cheese of course) and were just about to head out the door when Natalie asked for string cheese to take in the car. No, she doesn't say "string cheese car" she goes "ah, ah, ah and points to the fridge" so then I pick her up, open the fridge and she points to the drawer that has cheese. So, she had her string cheese and I got her shoes on and then it was time to put my shoes on, but in our household we have to wait for Nessie to give us our shoes, because she LOVES doing that, so she put the cheese on the floor and picked up one of my boots...Well, we do have a dog and she must forget at times that Brovi is very quick at picking any type of food off the floor. So, it took B about 2 seconds to grab her string cheese. She noticed it right away and started screaming. Normally she just stands there and screams, but this time she started chasing after Brovi and whenever she would start getting closer she would lean over to grab the cheese, but he is much quicker than her, so he would move a foot or two away so she would have to make a few steps and lean over. It was pretty funny to watch her try to claim her cheese stick back, but I decided to intervene and offered her another one. So, with tears in her eyes she nodded her head to my quesiton of "do you want another one" and followed me to the fridge...I think she was still mad at B when we left the house. But seriously, it is never a boring moment at our household! And that's the way we like it!
We then proceeded to have a nice breakfast (oatmeal, apple sauce and cheese of course) and were just about to head out the door when Natalie asked for string cheese to take in the car. No, she doesn't say "string cheese car" she goes "ah, ah, ah and points to the fridge" so then I pick her up, open the fridge and she points to the drawer that has cheese. So, she had her string cheese and I got her shoes on and then it was time to put my shoes on, but in our household we have to wait for Nessie to give us our shoes, because she LOVES doing that, so she put the cheese on the floor and picked up one of my boots...Well, we do have a dog and she must forget at times that Brovi is very quick at picking any type of food off the floor. So, it took B about 2 seconds to grab her string cheese. She noticed it right away and started screaming. Normally she just stands there and screams, but this time she started chasing after Brovi and whenever she would start getting closer she would lean over to grab the cheese, but he is much quicker than her, so he would move a foot or two away so she would have to make a few steps and lean over. It was pretty funny to watch her try to claim her cheese stick back, but I decided to intervene and offered her another one. So, with tears in her eyes she nodded her head to my quesiton of "do you want another one" and followed me to the fridge...I think she was still mad at B when we left the house. But seriously, it is never a boring moment at our household! And that's the way we like it!
Also, Natalie does love Brovi and constantly giving him hugs and kisses. B always has to come up with us to her room when it's bedtime and he has to be there in the morning because she always gives him a hug first thing in the morning. They are good buddies, she just doesn't appreciate him eating her cheese and raisins, two of her absolute favorite things :)
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